Ecological drivers of the evolution of public-goods cooperation in bacteria

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 334-340

  Brockhurst, Michael A ^a   Habets, Michelle G J L ^a   Libberton, Ben ^a   Buckling, Angus ^b   Gardner, Andy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Collective action; Experimental evolution; Kin selection; Selection experiment; Social evolution

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GROWTH RATE; KIN SELECTION; PUBLIC GOODS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77949283889     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-0293.1     Document Type: Article

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